Goshogake Onsen's bathing facilities are gender separated and feature multiple, attractive wooden indoor baths, steam boxes and an outdoor bath without views. There is also a corner where bathers can apply volcanic mud onto their skin. A foot bath is located outside and can be used free of charge.

Oyunuma Pond

Odoro Volcano

The valley behind the ryokan is volcanically active and can be viewed from a very attractive network of walking trails. A two kilometer long circular route takes you past all the major sights, including many bubbling mud ponds, hissing sulfur vents and hot water streams, as well as Oyunuma Pond, a large body of hot water and mud with numerous miniature mud volcanoes.

Further along the path, about a kilometer from the trailhead, visitors come across Japan's largest mud volcano, the Odoro Volcano. The volcano's blubbering cones stand only one to two meters tall, but the depth of the mud is as much as eight meters.

Fall colors along the road between Goshogake Onsen and Onuma Pond in early October

About 1.5 kilometers from Goshogake Onsen down the road lies the pretty Onuma Pond. A one kilometer long walking path leads around the pond and through the marshland and forest which border the pond. For more ambitious hikers there is a seven kilometer long trail that connects Goshogake Onsen with Tamagawa Onsen via Mount Yakeyama.

Across the street from Onuma Pond stands the Hachimantai Visitor Center with exhibits and information about the area. Onuma Pond and Goshogake Onsen are particularly attractive during the fall colors, which are usually at their best in early October.

The walking trail through the marshland and forest surrounding Onuma Pond

Access

Goshogake Onsen can be reached by bus and car from the south, north and east. During the winter, access is possible only from the north. Bus service is provided only on weekends and during holidays.

From Tazawako Station in the south (closed in winter)

On weekends and during holidays from mid April to late October, there are two buses per day between Goshogake Onsen and Tazawako Station (110 minutes, 1840 yen). The buses also stop at Tazawa-kohan bus stop at the eastern shores of Lake Tazawa and Tamagawa Onsen. During the winter a part of the road between Lake Tazawa and Goshogake Onsen gets closed to buses and cars.

From Kazuno-Hanawa Station in the north

On weekends and during holidays from mid April to late October, there are one or two bus connections per day between Kazuno-Hanawa Station and Goshogake Onsen that require a transfer at the Asupite Iriguchi bus stop along the way. On weekdays and during the winter, a pick up service is available for staying guests (advance reservation required). Cars can access Goshogake Onsen from the north around the year.

From Mount Hachimantai in the east (closed in winter)

On weekends and during holidays from mid April to late October, there are a very small number of buses between Goshogake Onsen and Hachimantai-chojo bus stop near the summit of Mount Hachimantai (25 minutes, 460 yen). During the winter the road to the summit of Mount Hachimantai gets closed to buses and cars.